Valerie Popkin in Waterford, Connecticut

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Valerie Popkin is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4789774951
NPI #: 1275575409
NPI Created On: 06/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/20/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
38610
Listed Gender: Female

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Blood test, clotting time
3. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
8. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent observation care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
20. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).